uterushttp://www.scarleteen.com/taxonomy/term/130/all
enInnies & Outies: The Vagina, Clitoris, Uterus and Morehttp://www.scarleteen.com/article/bodies/innies_outies_the_vagina_clitoris_uterus_and_more
<div class="field field-name-field-introduction field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" itemprop="description">A lot of questions about how to have intercourse, how to masturbate, and worries about what&#039;s all going on down there can be solved by simply getting to know your own body. In fact, I&#039;d gander to say that before you let anyone else get to know it, you&#039;d best know it yourself as well as you know your own face.</div></div></div><meta itemprop="name" content="Innies &amp; Outies: The Vagina, Clitoris, Uterus and More" id="md1" />Tue, 23 Feb 1999 16:53:54 +0000Heather Corinna50 at http://www.scarleteen.comWho's Afraid of Sperm Cells? http://www.scarleteen.com/blog/patricia_h/2013/03/21/whos_afraid_of_sperm_cells
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" itemprop="description"> <p>Judging from the number of users I see experiencing <a href="http://www.scarleteen.com/glossary#pregnancy" title="The state of carrying a developing embryo or fetus within the uterus. Medically, someone is considered to be regnant when an egg has been fertilized by sperm, cells divide, and the fertilized egg is implanted within the lining of the uterus." class="lexicon-term">pregnancy</a> scares on the Scarleteen message boards, particularly from situations besides genital <a href="http://www.scarleteen.com/glossary#intercourse" title="When people interlock their genitals and move together as feels good to them for the purpose of sexual stimulation and/or reproduction." class="lexicon-term">intercourse</a>, you’d think <a href="http://www.scarleteen.com/glossary#sperm" title="Reproductive cells of male sex-assigned people which can fertilize an ovum and create pregnancy." class="lexicon-term">sperm</a> cells were some magical weapon of mass fertilization, powerfully wiggling their way through clothes/towels/fabric, and leaping off hands to impregnate every person around them within a 50 mile radius. Look out for scary sperm! Get outta the way! They're coming right for you! (pun intended)</p>
<p>As a volunteer for Scarleteen, I'm here to tell you none of this is physically possible. It just isn't. As a former laboratory technician at a fertility clinic, having worked directly with sperm and <a href="http://www.scarleteen.com/glossary#semen" title="Fluid which comes from the urethra of the penis during ejaculation, and which usually contains sperm. Sperm cells are only about 2-5% of hat&#039;s in semen: semen also contains amino acids, enzymes, flavins, fructose, prostaglandins, proteins, acids and other elements. In human reproduction, semen both helps sperm &quot;swim,&quot; and counteract the acidic nature of the vagina, which would otherwise be hostile to sperm." class="lexicon-term">semen</a> (and without having ever gotten pregnant doing so, no less!), I want to tell you why.</p>
</div></div></div><meta itemprop="name" content="Who&#039;s Afraid of Sperm Cells? " id="md2" /><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/men">men</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/women">women</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/uterus">uterus</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pregnancy">pregnancy</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/sperm">sperm</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/reproduction">reproduction</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pregnant">pregnant</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/egg">egg</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/ivf">IVF</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/ivf_perspective">IVF perspective</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/laboratory">laboratory</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/iui">IUI</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/semen_analysis">semen analysis</a></div></div></div>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:22:02 +0000patricia_h6361 at http://www.scarleteen.comI take birth control because it is my f*@&I#g right to take it.http://www.scarleteen.com/blog/anna_lekas_miller/2012/03/18/i_take_birth_control_because_it_is_my_fig_right_to_take_it
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" itemprop="description"> <p>I am so fucking fed up.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/14/arizona-birth-control-bill-contraception-medical-reasons_n_1344557.html">latest is from Arizona</a>: now, if an employee uses the company’s health insurance to purchase contraceptive pills, they must prove to their employer that they are using them for “non sex” purposes. If they don’t, they could be fired.</p>
<p>How is this supposed to go?</p>
<p>“Oh, yeah here is my ultrasound from my ovarian cyst. See it over there? Yeah, its a big one.”</p></div></div></div><meta itemprop="name" content="I take birth control because it is my f*@&amp;I#g right to take it." id="md3" /><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/birth_control">birth control</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sex">sex</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/uterus">uterus</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/reproductive_rights">reproductive rights</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/contraception">contraception</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/politics">politics</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/rights">rights</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sexism">sexism</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/united_states">united states</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/rant">rant</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/privacy">privacy</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/the_pill">the pill</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pms">PMS</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/ovaries">ovaries</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/rush_limbaugh">rush limbaugh</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/war_on_women">war on women</a></div></div></div>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:46:00 +0000Anna Lekas Miller4942 at http://www.scarleteen.comIt's Smart to Charthttp://www.scarleteen.com/blog/heather_corinna/2009/09/17/its_smart_to_chart
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" itemprop="description"> <p><em>What's <a href="http://www.scarleteen.com/glossary#charting" title="A method of keeping track of fertility by keeping careful notes on the dates of a woman&#039;s period, as well as her temperature and cervical mucus. This is often used by people who are trying to get pregnant but is NOT an effective birth control method, as it fails frequently due to fluctuations in a woman&#039;s cycle and the fact that sperm can live in a woman&#039;s reproductive tract for several days. Also called &quot;fertility awareness&quot;. " class="lexicon-term">charting</a>?</em> It's a person taking and keeping notes about <strong><a href="http://www.scarleteen.com/article/body/on_the_rag_a_guide_to_menstruation">their menstrual and fertility cycles</a></strong>.</p>
<p>Charting your cycles doesn't have to be about natural family planning. Even if you're not trying to become pregnant, or aren't looking to use charting as a primary method of <a href="http://www.scarleteen.com/glossary#birth_control" title="Any number of methods people use to intentionally prevent unwanted pregnancy, including the condom, the cervical barrier, the implant, the patch, the pill, the rhythm method, the ring, the shot, the IUD, spermicide and withdrawal.
" class="lexicon-term">birth control</a>, there are a bunch of reasons charting can be a big benefit to you.</p>
</div></div></div><meta itemprop="name" content="It&#039;s Smart to Chart" id="md4" /><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/body">body</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/women">women</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/anatomy">anatomy</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/birth_control">birth control</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/uterus">uterus</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/menstruation">menstruation</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/fertility">fertility</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/cycle">cycle</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/body_image">body image</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/mucus">mucus</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/feminism">feminism</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/identity">identity</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/period">period</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pregnancy">pregnancy</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/charting">charting</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/menstrual">menstrual</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/ovaries">ovaries</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/discharges">discharges</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/cervical">cervical</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/chart">chart</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/observation">observation</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/reproductive_system">reproductive system</a></div></div></div>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:31:09 +0000Heather Corinna2573 at http://www.scarleteen.comWhat's an ectopic pregnancy?http://www.scarleteen.com/article/advice/whats_an_ectopic_pregnancy
<div class="field field-name-field-name field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" itemprop="contributor">Anna</div></div></div><meta itemprop="name" content="What&#039;s an ectopic pregnancy?" id="md5" /><div class="field field-name-field-detailed-question field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" itemprop="description">What is ectopic pregnancy? I saw it listed as one of the possible risks with Plan B.</div></div></div>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:28:00 +0000Heather Corinna2264 at http://www.scarleteen.com